Winnie – Adopted
#WINNIE IS HOME!
Winnie’s Springboard journey has been longer than most. She came to us in June last year after being found as a stray and completing her seven-day hold in kennels. She was previously adopted, but through absolutely no fault of her own, was returned to our care under our lifetime backup guarantee
Winnie went into Temporary Foster with the lovely Hannah in the Midlands where she was spoilt and loved as she should be. A huge thank you to Hannah and family for all your hard work
Winnie then continued her foster journey with the wonderful Glenda in Scotland. As you all know, Winnie is truly one of a kind — a huge personality in a (somewhat) little body! Glenda has worked tirelessly to improve her condition, health and behaviours, and we simply cannot thank her enough. You have shown Winnie patience, perseverance and the most genuine love. She will forever be grateful to you
We searched high and low for her perfect forever home. At times, it honestly felt like no one wanted our special girl. All she wanted was somewhere to belong, and it broke all of our hearts that we couldn’t seem to find it
Until… a little spark of hope
An application came in from Sabrina and Stephen. Could this be it? Were they the ones? Was it fate? The answer is a resounding YES!
We are beyond overwhelmed to share that our gorgeous Winnie has found her forever home with the loveliest of paw-rents. Winnie was collected last week, and it truly was love at first sight
Please join us in celebrating and congratulating Sabrina, Stephen and Winnie as they begin their new life together
And to every single person who shared Winnie’s story, commented, supported and never gave up on her — thank you. You helped make this happen. As always, it takes a village, and we couldn’t do this without you
Winnie’s Story
Please join us in welcoming sweet Winnie back into the GBSR family.
Many of you will remember beautiful Winnie — she first came to us earlier this year after being found wandering alone. She then moved into foster with the lovely Michele and Mark in the Midlands, who went on to adopt her.
We kindly ask for no judgment, only love and understanding for Michele and Mark, who made the brave and selfless decision to let Winnie return to us when things sadly didn’t work out as hoped.
We’re incredibly grateful to be able to continue supporting all of our GBSR babies, and we’re happy to share that Winnie is now settling in beautifully with her new foster mum, Hannah, also in the Midlands.
It’s Hannah’s very first foster with us — welcome to the team! We’re so excited to have you on board and to be part of Winnie’s next chapter.
Welcome home, Winnie.
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We have some very exciting news and that Winnie is home!!
Gorgeous girl Winnie didn’t have the best start to life, at the age of 2 she was found wondering the streets and ended up in Kennels
Thankfully, the kennels were local to our lovely rescue coordinator Helen, so once Winnie’s 7 days hold was up she left her street days behind her and started her new life as a GBSR doggie
Winnie had a well needed pamper weekend with Helen before moving to the South East to join Teresa and her family. Thank you to both Helen and Teresa for starting Winnie’s foster journey.
Winnie had one final journey to make, she moved up to the midlands to join Michelle and Mark
We could quickly see that Winnie stole their hearts with her sassy behaviour and her determination to get her bum firmly settled on the sofa
When it came time for us to open Winnie’s applications, Michelle and Mark asked if they could make Winnie an offical part of their family and of course, we couldn’t say no!
Winnie has already shown she is going to make the best foster sister to all the GBSR babies in need by taking Odin under her wing, we can’t wait to see her flourish as she continues to settle
Please help us congratulate, Michelle and Mark on their new little girl, Winnie!
Winnie, enjoy your happy ever after sweet girl! We couldn’t be happier you have found your forever family and sofa
Please welcome a gorgeous new addition to our Springboard Family …Winnie is 2 years’ old and is another girl left to fend for herself on the streets having been bred from
You won’t be surprised to hear Winnie’s microchip hasn’t been registered – of course it hasn’t..!!!
But her previous life is well and truly behind her now as she embarks on her Springboard journey with us
Winnie came into foster with GBSR Rescue Co-ordinator Helen Diggins, after her 7 days stay at a kennels on Friday.
Winnie had a hot spot, her nails were overgrown, she had itchy skin and she stank to high heaven.
So, over the weekend, with the help of her girls, Helen bathed Winnie 3 times to help with her skin which was sore with untreated allergies. Winnie was only pit stopping at Helen’s as we needed to get her out of the kennel situation, but the weather was so hot we didn’t want her travelling far, so Helen offered to have her over the weekend until she could travel when it was cooler.
Then yesterday, foster volunteer Teresa Day collected Winnie for us, and she is now in foster in the Southeast.
Thank you so much Helen for taking Winnie and short notice for us, and for getting her out of the kennels and to Teresa who has kindly offered to foster Winnie for us – huge gratitude to you both
Winnie had a settled first night and today she had her vet check.
She will need to continue with medicated baths and steroids, and she might possibly need surgery on her tail which is very strange (see pic) and we are also looking at the possibility of surgery for entropion.
But she is the happiest little girl, and we think she is loving being out of kennels and in a comfortable home with a decent diet
Obviously, we will need to investigate having Winnie spayed but for now we are just going to let her settle and get her allergies under control
So please welcome this adorable girl into the arms of GBSR and we are looking forward to watching her journey with us
